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. PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER WASH NGTON D C UNITED SATES S. BOURNE, JR., OF NET YORK, N. Y.

TRUNK.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, SHEARJAsi-IUB BoURNn, Jr., of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Seamless Trunk; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a Jtransverse vertical section of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

Hy invention consists in producing a trunk, the body as well as the cover of which is formed, in such a manner that on the outside no seam is required, whereby a. great amount of labor is saved and at the same time the appearance of the article is improved.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand my invention I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

My trunk is made of the usual form with a body A, and a cover B, which are united by hinges and which are fastened by a lock of the ordinary construction.

The outside covering of the body A, as well as of the cover B, is made -out of one piece without a seam,'the leather, hide, or other material used for this covering being stretched over a former, and pressed until it attains the desired shape. It is now secured to the frame of the trunk by rivets a, in the usual manner thus producing a trunk without a seam on the outside.

The frame C, is constructed in the usual manner and it may be strengthened by sheets of thick leather or by suitable boards or other material.

Vith trunks or valises of the ordinary construction the covering of leather or other material `is cut out in several pieces and these pieces are sewed together or united by other means, which requires considerable labor and at the same time the seams appearing on the outside do not improve the appearance of the trunk.

By my method I am also enabled to save no inconsiderable quantity of the material used for covering the trunks, for it is obvious that in every case, where two pieces have to be united, they have to be made larger to allow for the seam. My trunks are cheaper than those of the ordinary construction, and their appearance is improved by dispensing with the seams.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as a new article of manufacture, is

A seamless trunk as herein described and set forth.

S. BOUBNE, Jn. lVitnesses B. GIROUX,

M. M. LIVINGSTON. 

